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Corey Graves Critiques WWE Women’s Tag Team Division as an ‘Amalgam of Thrown Together Tag Teams’

April 15, 2023 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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– During the latest edition of his After the Bell podcast, WWE broadcaster Corey Graves shared his thoughts on the WWE Women’s Tag Team Division, critiquing it as a division of “thrown together tag teams.” Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Corey Graves on doesn’t think division has ever been that strong: “The champions are going to drive the ship in the women’s tag division. It was really important for Liv and Raquel to emerge victorious and, as far as the women’s tag team championships go, I’m probably going to catch hell for this, it’s never really caught fire. It’s never been a strong division. It’s sort of been an amalgam of thrown together tag teams. ‘I’m going to team with this person tonight, we have a tag title match we didn’t win, okay, time to get a new partner.’ It’s always been very transient and constantly in flux. I’m talking the entire existence of the titles, since the very beginning.”

On Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez having the potential to solidify the division: “Liv and Raquel could be a duo who have what it takes to solidify the division and maybe sit on top for a while and maybe inspire some other superstars who aren’t getting the opportunities they so desire right now, who want more TV time, who want promo time, but they’re not getting it for whatever reason. Maybe somebody sitting backstage or in catering or a couple people sitting in NXT are going, ‘You know what, let me make a run for this.’ We haven’t had a serious, full-time tag team in my recollection. The IIconics (Peyton Royce & Billie Kay) are the closest we had to hold the titles because they were a full-time act together. The rest have sort of been, ‘Hey, be my partner. Okay, we’ll have a little run, okay, onto the next.’ Everything feels temporary. Raquel and Liv could be very good for the division.”

During last Monday’s edition of WWE Raw, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez beat Trish Stratus and Becky Lynch to capture the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Stratus was filling in for the “injured” Lita, who as taken out in a storyline angle earlier in the night.